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Drugs as etiologic factors in the Stevens-Johnson syndrome☆
Joseph R. Bianchine,Placido V. J. Macaraeg,Louis Lasagna,Daniel L. Azarnoff,S. Fred Brunk,Eigill F. Hvidberg,Eigill F. Hvidberg,John A. Owen +7 more
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A retrospective analysis of drugs as possible etiologic factors in 138 cases of Stevens-Johnson syndrome made at five university medical centers from 1952 through 1965 is presented, providing little basis for suspecting long-acting sulfonamides as an important Etiologic factor in the Stevens- Johnson syndrome.About:
This article is published in The American Journal of Medicine.The article was published on 1968-03-01. It has received 123 citations till now.read more
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Erythema multiforme: A critical review of characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and causes
TL;DR: This work proposes preliminary diagnostic criteria for EM, based primarily on clinical features, and suggests that recurrent herpes simplex is an important etiologic factor in EM minor, while mycoplasmal infections and drugs may be associated with EM major.
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Toxic epidermal necrolysis (the scalded skin syndrome): a reappraisal.
TL;DR: My part in this affair was simply to recognize a clinical picture and give it the respectability of a name; and later to interest my microbiologist colleague, John Arbuthnott, in the staphylococci that were concerned in some patients.
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An international collaborative case-control study of severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCAR). Design and methods.
Judith P. Kelly,Ariane Auquier,B. Rzany,Luigi Naldi,Sylvie Bastuji-Garin,Osvaldo Correia,Samuel Shapiro,David Kaufman +7 more
TL;DR: A multicenter international case-control study has been designed to elucidate the etiology of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis, with particular attention to the unique challenges for an epidemiologic study of these conditions.
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Erythema multiforme in children. Response to treatment with systemic corticosteroids.
TL;DR: It is suggested that treatment of patients with the Stevens‐Johnson syndrome with systemic corticosteroids may be associated with significant side effects and prolonged recovery.
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A new eruptive fever associated with stomatitis and ophthalmia: report of two cases in children
A. M. Stevens,F. C. Johnson +1 more
TL;DR: During a period of three months the authors had the opportunity of observing two cases of an extraordinary, generalized, eruption with continued fever, inflamed buccal mucosa and severe purulent conjunctivitis.
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Association of stevens-johnson syndrome with antibody for mycoplasma pneumoniae.
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Erythema multiforme exudativum major (Stevens-Johnson syndrome).
D.W. Ashby,Theresa Lazar +1 more
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The so-called Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
TL;DR: The syndrome described by A. M. Stevens and F. C. Johnson (1922) consisted of a generalized eruption, continued fever, inflamed buccal mucosa, and severe purulent conjunctivitis, and it remains a rarity.
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